Table of Contents

I INTRODUCTION
Purpose and scope of theory of structures
Historical background
II FUNDAMENTALS
Structural design
Structural analysis and dimensioning
Static relationships
Kinematic relationships
Constitutive relationships
Energy methods
III STATICALLY DETERMINATE FRAMED STRUCTURES
Structural elements and topology
Determining the forces
Stress resultants and state diagrams
Influence lines
IV DEFORMATIONS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES
Elementary deformations
Single deformations
Deformation diagrams
V STATICALLY INDETERMINATE FRAMED STRUCTURES
Force method
Displacement method
Continua
Discontinua
VI NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES
Elastic-plastic systems
Limit analysis
Stability
VII PLATES AND SHELLS
Plates
Slabs
Folded plates
Shells
APPENDIX
A1 Definitions
A2 Notation
A3 Properties of materials
A4 Geometrical properties of sections
A5 Matrix algebra
A6 Tensor calculus
A7 Calculus of variations
REFERENCES
INDEX

About the Author

Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Peter Marti has been professor for theory of structures and structural design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich since 1990, lecturing in theory of structures and reinforced concrete. Peter Marti has served as chairman on various technical commissions, e.g. ACI-ASCE Joint Committee 445 Shear and Torsion and fib Commission 4 Modelling of Structural Behaviour and Design. He was also president of Swiss standards commission SIA 162 Concrete construction, project manager for Swisscodes and president of the Society for the Art of Civil Engineering. In his role as consulting engineer, reviewer and jury member for competitions, he is responsible for many challenging building, bridge and tunnel projects.

Reviews

"Theory of Structures" is an excellent textbook. It is very rich in the individual topics covered. One special and importend feature that should be mentioned ist the many excellently prepared examples and exercises.
... this is a wonderful textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses.
In addition, it could be of immense value to those practicing engineers who wish to deepen their background knowledge or refresh fundamental issues.
Ekkehard Ramm, University Stuttgart (in: Steel Construction 2/2014)